COMMENT: Study found that 8.7% of young people can be classified as being video game addicts. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2010 Nov;39(11):822-9. Choo H, Gentile DA, Sim T, Li D, Khoo A, Liau AK. Source Departmentof Social Work, National University of Singapore, Singapore. [email protected] Abstract INTRODUCTION: Increase in internet use and video-gaming contributes to public […]
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Can you get addicted to ice cream? Maybe, study shows By Brian Alexander Sure, Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream tastes so good it’s addictive, but is it, you know, addictive? Could Ben and Jerry, Häagen Dazs, or Blue Bell really be pushers of a substance akin to nicotine? Baskin-Robbins-as-crack-house might seem ridiculous, and the idea that […]
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By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:42 PM on 19th December 2011 Girls as young as 15 being coerced into group sex Teenagers pressured into it by influence of pornography Nearly half of those who had group sex reported partners did not use condoms Disturbing: Research at Boston University’s School of Public Health found […]
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Comments: States – Internet addiction may be as high as 25% in the population, and ADHD is associated with overuse, and may exacerbate symptoms. Atten Defic Hyperact Disord. 2011 Dec;3(4):327-34. Epub 2011 Sep 24. Weiss MD, Baer S, Allan BA, Saran K, Schibuk H. Source Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of BC, University of British […]
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Summaries of the latest research papers on video gaming addiction. I created a sperate summary list for “Internet Addiction studies“. As with food and gambling addiction, brain studies reveal the same major changes as seen in drugs (hypofrontality, desensitization, sensitization). Altered regional cerebral glucose metabolism in internet game overusers: a 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography study. CNS Spectr. 2010 Mar;15(3):159-66. […]
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This page contains short internet addiction summaries of the latest research on Internet Addiction (As of 2020 we are no longer adding studies to this current page: see this page for all Internet addiction studies). Other studies involving Internet Gaming Addiction (IGD) can be found here. Internet addiction brain studies have already confirmed the presence […]
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Did addiction politics leave us stranded on a slippery slope? Ever wonder why the brains of pathological gamblers, food addicts and video-game addicts have been studied, yet no one has studied the brains of porn addicts? We’ve certainly wondered—especially as one often hears the claim that the absence of studies is “proof” that porn addiction/sex […]
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Comments: More evidence accumulating for “Interent Addiction”. In this study 18% of college students met the criteria for Internet addiction. Authors suggested that Interent addiction caused several mood disorders, including anxiety, OCD and depression. J Res Med Sci. 2011 Jun;16(6):793-800. Link to Full Study Alavi SS, Maracy MR, Jannatifard F, Eslami M. Source Management and Medical […]
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Comments: Written in 2008, before several studies confirmed brain changes occur in Internet/gaming addicts that parallel changes seen in the brains of drug addicts. Editorial | March 01, 2008 Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction Jerald J. Block Am J Psychiatry 2008;165:306-307. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07101556 Internet addiction appears to be a common disorder that merits inclusion in DSM-V. […]
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Comments: Written in 2008, before several studies confirmed brain changes occur in Internet/gaming addicts that parallel changes seen in the brains of drug addicts. Editorial | March 01, 2008 Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction Jerald J. Block Am J Psychiatry 2008;165:306-307. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07101556 Internet addiction appears to be a common disorder that merits inclusion in DSM-V. […]
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